Burning Suggested As A Weed Control Method

“It won’t be 100 per cent effective but it will obviously reduce the number of weed seeds.” – GARY MARTENS A new study has cast a fresh light on the method of controlling weeds through burning – not the plants themselves but the seeds they leave behind. “Fire is capable of sharply reducing the probability

Weed Out Winter Annuals

Now’s the time to scout your winter wheat fields for fall-germinated winter annual weeds. “Getting out into the field today and surveying the crop is essential to help your winter wheat achieve its highest yield,” says Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist. “Weeds such as narrow-leaved hawks beard, stinkweed, flixweed and shepherd’s purse can


Chemical Tool Box Topped Up For Potato Growers

Manitoba potato growers have a handful of new crop protection products in their arsenal for the 2009 season, including new fungicides, seed treatments, herbicides and insecticides. Some are all new for this season while others were registered late last season and saw limited use in the 2008 campaign. The fungicide Revus, from Syngenta, was registered

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CWB To Move Grain Off Flood Plain

The Canadian Wheat Board is moving to get farmers’ board grains out of the Red River Valley ahead of spring thaw. The board announced March 9 it will direct more rail cars into the valley to clear space in elevators for affected farmers in the Morris and Letellier areas to deliver accepted Series A and